Jack Buchanan Biography

Fast Facts

• Scottish actor became famous for his role in the 1915 British stage production Tonight's the Night
• Made his film debut in the 1917 silent film Auld Lang Syne; first American film was 1929's Paris
• Built London's Leicester Square Theatre
• Began directing with the 1933 British film Yes, Mr
• Brown
• In 1953's The Band Wagon, played opposite Fred Astaire, whose charming, graceful tuxedo-clad stage presence and persona were similar to his own